Our first time here, at this quirky, friendly, extraordinary country fair. Brilliantly organised by Rachel Bunn, she had the inspired idea to put us in the cool of the woods, by the Lake walk. Many mums, dads and young ones joined us, happy to find an escape from the heat, and dally with us: we… Continue reading Kinda at Sotterley Country Fair
Willy, the archer from Folk East (among many other places) came to the woods. Bizarrely, back in 1980's he used to teach archery in these very woods. 'They've changed a bit,' he said, I can see the wood from the trees!' He worked with Peter Lucus 'He taught us all we know, and lived above… Continue reading Elders 12 – Archery, Yews and land
What did u have for breakfast? Our opening question: Marmalade (home-made) on toast; Marmalade with a bit penicillin so I left that , and had organic water melon; Lidl Marmalade; Marmalade with a dash of stem ginger added, fried potatoes and egg; Home made bread, home made marmalade; 1/2 price tomatoes and the last slice… Continue reading Elders 11 – clay, bunting, planting and wood chip
Serena came back! After a long time. A joy to see her. We (Roy, Will and Clare) cracked the bender! Replaced the old hazel with fresh bendy hazel. Caroline led the chipping path - yellow woodchip road. Meanwhile Kally got out the hand cranked sewing machine and started making some bunting, with bunting string supplied… Continue reading Elders 10 – Hapazone, benders and a trip to an ART exhibition
After the gift of the common name of Phycellia as Fiddleneck our homework was to bring names of plants - and guess what they were. Jack by the hedge the example.Here's a link I found to some of the story behind Before the professional standardisation of botanical terminology in the 18th and 19th centuries, England… Continue reading Elders 9 – Benders and bashing leaves
We loved our return to Kaliwoods on 18th May with the Forest Family tribe: the sun was shining through bright new leaves and the freshly built firepit was proudly providing heat to cook our community roots soup and hedge tea. The ring of bright faces shared the delights of the day before heading home in… Continue reading KFFS 18th May
Will the UK become a temperate rainforest, we wondered as rain came again? We completed the creation of the new fire pit begun by the Wednesday tribe, by filling with soil, cutting fresh stakes and banging them in, before we had a ritual lighting of the first fire. The pit was much admired by Roy… Continue reading Elders 8 – Rain meander across a field of phycelia, larks above
Soup was dexterously made on the go by Kally, a subtle warm lentil. Although 9 of us gathered, we missed some of our friends. After a glorious silence, listening to all the sounds around, mainly clear as water bird song, Nicky introduced us to our theme, with a rabbit created talking stick. She reminded us… Continue reading Elders 7 – Hedgerow and Rabbits
Glorious sunshine greeted us this week, what a change! The woods look so Greenand Lush We gathered and ate mushroom soup under the shade and contemplated theplentiful Birdsong around us. A Robin’s nest in a Tea chest, not far away, a Robinswooped into our circle and away. We welcomed new and vintage Elders. Our bespectacled,… Continue reading Elders 6 – Birds and Bees
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